I have to say, WOW! This is one of my favorite episodes. I liked the dynamic that Josh and Josh had, I liked David's humor and accent, Peter is coming in to his own on the show and podcasts (which I have been catching up on recently), but I am REALLY liking Eric and his AP view on the multicopter builds/setups. This is something that I am interested in and the drop bracket for the servo and the tough tilt is simply genius. It is one of those, "Wow, that makes a LOT of sense!" type moments. Thanks to Josh Bixler and Eric for their informative videos and thank you to the rest of the FT crew for making these videos possible.

@ericmonroe6024

9 жыл бұрын

Adam, you are too kind sir. I cannot explain how happy I am to be part of this team.....and I am stoked for what the future holds. Thanks again for your kindness my friend.....it truly means more than you can imagine. :)

@Grearson

9 жыл бұрын

Eric Monroe well i can just repeat what Adam said. Your work added so much to the team, ands a bit because of you i actualy Started to build an AP Platform. If i may ask after the Tri-Copter Episode, what kind of Frame would you choose now to start with? i got a TBS Discovery Clone (F500 Alien V2 Spider Quad) by now, but i am considering the Dragonfly Frame with the drop bracket and the landing gear. Would that be wise?

My first multi-rotor is David's Tri-Copter V2. I put on 3 - 450 Slow Fly motors with 12" props. She hovers at about 30% throttle with a 2200 3S motor. I learned a lot about flying mutli-rotors and building with this copter. You guys are the reason I am flying. Thanks for being awesome!!!!

I like Peter's Easter eggs. Like his tribute in this video to the possible ban of the green tipped 556 ammo.

that penta tricopter thing looked pretty awesome! Would love to see and hear more of it soon!

Thank you, I just turned my tricopter into a pentacopter and wow what a sweet flier. I had a little trouble with the parallel motors on one esc but now have it dialed in.

just bought one with the camera tray and the servo. Cant wait for it to get here!

Planning on a tricopterbuild soon and going to keep this in mind.

12:49 That's awesome that you finally got a chance to try out a T-Copter Josh I have one and love it!

Keep up the great work I can't believe what you have done for the rc community

Maybe josh knew back then what flighttest would become. Nice to see the old field and pylon!

Another fun episode those tough tilts look strong as hell I'd love to see a build video on that DragonFly!

Peter that is the coolest Tri I've ever Seen !! Awesome work everyone from flite test :) Will be ordering a multi rotor kit ASAP !!!!

Great vid!!! Really love your videos with multirotors.. Can't wait for more!!

Yay!!! thank you so much for having the power packs now available. great episode

Great stuff guys! Any idea when you'll have the racing power packs available?

Peter love the suable inclusion of your "green tip" ammo, are you guys all enthusiasts?

i love your work, and you guys add to my passion for this hobby!

Thanks so much guys! love the work back to the principles! A refresh view of the much loving tricopter! I just installed a Naze32 into my tricopter and 12 inch props low kv motors and just love the sucker! plus flight times might have increase! lol Cheers and thanks again! Ed

Please tell us more about that C-Go2 gimbal mod! That flight footage is awesome!

I just go and take out all my old 980's and build a X8 and then you decide to show me this Dragonfly. I love racing quads and multirotors, and I love building them, and I live to FPV but I also began just to learn AP and how to get good video- the Dragonfly is exactly what appeals to me- I have yet to get a good tricopter built I am happy with but love how they fly- I have Y6 here waiting for good weather to maiden, but that 5 motor rotor has my voter for the best camera toter yet.

Nice video but David needs to come back😭😭

@UnloadingMouse

9 жыл бұрын

Joshua Jerred so get a new one

@user-ik7bl4yg2t

9 жыл бұрын

Ryan Mckenzie He can't. He "Ran it out in a fabulous way" and its 2 years untill he can get a new one.

@darkiee69

9 жыл бұрын

Joel Walker That's strange, since he's been over there visiting after he moved back home.

@dbtest117

9 жыл бұрын

gecko2421 Yep. He can visit anytime, but not work without a work visa.

@gecko2421

9 жыл бұрын

T Est Ahh cheers, thought it might be something like that..

I like Eric's design with angled arms.Can you show us a little more on that? and that landing gear with gimbal-lipo-VTx mount too!!

those EMAX motors are sweet, i got some cheap, straight from the EMAX warehouse, and put them with cheap Mystery simon K ESC's, and kk2 with stevies 1.17 all wrapped up on a sk450 frame with 9 x 3.7 props. flys great even in windy wellngton.

Love Eric's expertise on the show. Huge wealth of information.

I have had a Bat Bone since the week they came out. Realized I didn't know Multiwii and then stopped working on it. Never been flown. Just last week I set it back up and still don't know Multiwii but I will be getting this on the way soon as motivation to get my nose to the grindstone.

You guys are great keep up the good work! I look forward to every episode you guys put out(:

Bit "Old" vid but love it. Im running David W:s MiniTri (Got the baby and want the V4) LOVE Tricopters. New to all but the feel to them is amazing. Happy New Year to you all in the team, looking forward to 2017 and more awesome vids form you

Great video guys... Nice that you threw in quite a few tips - from lessons learned. *_cheers_*

Man I just love the multirotors

I wish I knew when the ft 250 quad will come out so I know if I should wait or get the tri!

Hey, great show guys. Love everything you guys do. I was wondering what Eric used to cover his electronic on his tricopter? I couldn't figure it out. Thanks.

Love the 5 motor setup! One day! Keep up the great videos!

I have just had a look at your store to look at the power packs was verry happy with the price next build will b ft but will have to make the hard choice of which one I could just take one of each lol

Holy crap guys, great video! Gonna have to order parts soon.

my tilt never broke, the old landing gear nylon ones. ill still buy a tough mount because of how clean it looks, but scratch building is still a good option

Hey FT. I would really appreciate if you would show us how you mounted as installed the gimbal on your dragonfly build. Cheers

That's a coincidence.. I've just posted P2 of my tricopter build series :P Anyhow! This tail-setup looks GOOD indeed! Thanks for all the design / test work you people did for this! Cheers and thanks for sharing :)

@DutchRC

9 жыл бұрын

***** This was what I thought Jack ;) I can't have a Real opinion offcourse prior to flying it myself. but it looks good :)

@DutchRC

9 жыл бұрын

***** I think YOU should build one :)

@DutchRC

9 жыл бұрын

***** Cool :) Looking forward to that Jack :) And what illness is that?? :(

@DutchRC

9 жыл бұрын

***** Allright.. Hope things improve sooner rather than later than..

@DutchRC

9 жыл бұрын

X FLIGHT101 Yes! Thanks mate :) I came across this one :) If my tail-setup doesn't work out, I might give this one a try :)

A tricopter with three of these would be pretty cool, so you could adjust the angle of the front motors to go even faster once in the air, sort of like a v22 osprey tricopter

I see your using the graupner transmitter. Could you review it. Cause im trying to use it for the multi rotors

In you tough tilt video you show a tall frame . Also with sliding batt. mount. My question is it coming to the store, plans or what? Thank you for you time and help.

Would it be possible to have an x quad mode set on a multiposition switch, so if you lose your tail you could flip the switch to fly in an x quad mode?

Another great Vid, thanks guys at Flite Test

Very nice video (like all of your vids btw, I'm watching them for years.) I have a quedtion. Hiw have managed to pług this cgo2 camera to not Yuneec FC?

The profile of the dragonfly in the sky is so nice :D

can you guys please make a video on how to make the landing gear and the camera mount?

With the tri/penta-copter. I'm wondering what is does when you add a motor upside down on the tail for redundancy. Would that even work?

Very cool guys, keep up the great work!

Love the 5 arm design! Why stop there? Add another motor to the bottom of the tough Tillt pointing down!!

First warrantied Flite Test component... CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!!!

Great video! I love the tricopters! Could you try and make a mini tri? I havent seen any online. Keep up the great work!

I love flying tilting tail pentacopters. Ive flown one prototyped at my shop. turns on a dime.

For the Pentacopter what is the best size propeller and in wich direction should they turn?

Is there any plans available for Eric's tricopter? I love the look of that thing!!!

Is there going to be build videos for the multicopters with the power packs?

also i use bearings for my 360° motor turn and mini bearings for my folding blades, so if i flip, just turn the motors opposite way, and it still flies. now i need do make Landing skies that also go the opposite way,because if i land with the motors turned, it will land on its top.

Hi flite test, I see you're using a mz18, if you do a review of it, please can you include how to use it with a pixhawk (with or without telemetry)?

Some really cool designs

@TOMTOM-yu5ej

9 жыл бұрын

Very impressive :)

Yikes! You only showed HALF the crashes?!? I was actually interested in building a tricopter, but now I'm convinced to look at other multirotor projects.

Nice guys. Did you gyd modify the Yuneec gimbal so you can use fpv goggles instead of a tablet device? I saw the CP antenna at minute 13.26 and that got me wondering,

I am just getting into quad copters, are tri-copters harder to fly ? Could you do a video comparison of quad rotors and tri-copters (good vs bad etc) ? Also what would you rate as the best budget quad copter with video transmit capabilities ?

Im getting a dragonfly and was wondering how you painted the booms. Could I just spray them black?

So my first question when looking at this (I do not understand what is meant with a spline mount, maybe that is it) is why don't you just mount the electric motor directly in line with the servo shaft?

you blokes are great, thank you :D

I wonder if a break point could be designed in to the servo mount, sounds like a lot of servos are getting killed with the new supper strong tail pivot. Maybe just a single thin zip tie to hold the servo so in a crash rather then stripping a servo you just replace a ziptie.

Wich propeller size is better for the pentacopter and wich direction should they be spining??

Great Work! Great Video! Excellent Job Guys!

I want Eric's tail servo mount and landing gear brackets. Also, one thing I would like to see you guys address is what pdb you use, and how you mount one when you're not using an Electrohub.

You guys have the best job in the world, I want to be part of your team. So jealous.

Loved the little ding noise and shiny tooth! The tri is great too. :-) Where do you film btw, the North Pole? So much snow. Our winters in Tasmania are chilly but no snow in Hobart and it's the only time the damn wind dies down! Cheers from Down Under and keep up the good work. :-)

Just out of curiosity, how well would the Tough Tilt work for a Bicopter, or better yet, a remake of the Avatar Scorpion build that you guys did a while back? Would love to see something like that again

motor redundancy is really great, I would recommend ballistic parachutes....they have saved mine

You guys are awesome! Greetings from Germany

Hey FliteTest Can you guys share what shelled 3 axis gimbal that is and what camera rides inside? Thank you.

Awesome video!! You guys should make a rocket then when you are high enough, release a glider, something like the space shuttle!

What do you guys use for gimbals for a gopro? You should do a video on gimbals!

I have been able to destroy almost every little piece that I've purchased for multirotors, but im not sure if im able to overcome the "Tough Tilt" :) Great video guys.

Something I think would be interesting to see would be a dragonfly configured so that the the two motors on the center spars are configured strictly as thrusters. Imagine the flat spins you could achieve with one running forward and one reversed. I would think your forward and backward speeds would be impressive.

All the OPTO escs I've seen have been more expensive than their bec'd counterparts. Also, checking individual components before wiring it all together is a good practice everyone needs to get into. It doesn't take much time or effort to run a bec through its paces on the bench before wiring things up.

I think josh needs to take peter's canopy for the bat bones and workshop it a little, then produce two or three types (military, civil, emergency) and put them up as a download/kit which contains all three. vinyl labels maybe? anyway I think tricopter canopies would be an excellent addition.

so what motors do i need in order to be able to fly with a action cam and maybe even a gimbal so cam and gimbal like 300-400 gramm? 2200 kv motors should be enough? right now im having 2202 1k kv motors which im guessing will not do the trick

Did you modify a Yuneec/Blade CGO2 camera to run off their bird and with a different transmitter? Do you have a video on that process?

That pentacopter (dragonfly) is so cool. Can you share its setup for Naze32?

Does the Standard Quadcopter Electronic kit come with a flight control board? It doesn't appear to in the store....

Can you please make a tricopter power pack because I am trying do go lo cost on a tri -copter and it will be my first scratch built multirotor. It would be a great help thanks.

If you lose the tail on the penta, maybe you could switch from tri copter to some crazy half inverted quad mode?

so what bimble and camera are you using in this video that you've painted black? cool :)

It says on the website that the power packs are 'coming soon', when will they be available for purchase? I want to give you guys the profit for when I buy my first airplane

how good is the tricopter with wind becoase i live in holland and i would like something that i can fly more than one time a mounth

The yaw on my tri works well to the right, but It takes alot more movement to left stick to make it go left. any suggestions how I can correct this?

Is there a very simple build kit for assembling your first quad? I am looking to do one that is relatively inexpensive to start with. I want to start with something that really teaches me the basics of quad parts and what they do. Can anyone help?

I came here to find out how the tough tilt motor mount actually works so I can use it in a Scratch-built model. But there's no video of how it tilts or works. At the very end of the video I hear there's a build video of using it. Maybe that video is what I need to see. Better yet, SHOW US HOW THE TOUGH TILT MOTOR MOUNT WORKS!

Very cool guys! Hey what is that gimbal your using on the 5 motor tri config bird? KFM

Good stuff guys!

Thanks for putting some electronics in the store. Will 15in props make my quadcopter fly longer?

@MrFlashgrenade

9 жыл бұрын

They will need some more specs before they can answer that question.

... nice video and solution of the tilt mechanism :-) needs a strong servo but why you don't go to a simple swashplate solution?

Does anyone know if there are detailed plans of the separable landing heard for the anycopter? I can't figure out how it hooks onto the hub.

what do i order to make this 5 rotor 'tricopter'? I only see the tough tilt ... I really like it and want to order it now :)

I wanted to buy some of the stuff you showed in your video and I see links but everything goes to dead pages. Where are the tough servos and tough tilt motor mounts?

Hey Id have a question about the ElectroHub DragonFly Kit when i select : Add Camera Mount this option comes with the land gear ?

Good stuff there. Has anybody tried edf on quad/tri. I would love to see it. DO IT PETER